Showing posts with label Powered by the Apocalypse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Powered by the Apocalypse. Show all posts
Saturday, 3 October 2020

Homunculus characters, stat readjustment and character change in RPGs

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My group and I  play a lot of games with interesting mechanics. Lately, we've been trying Cortex , a modular RPG system where you can ta...
Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Power Inflation in RPGs

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For a few years my group had some fun playing a few games  of  Godbound , a demigod OSR RPG. It was a game letting you play level 20 D&...
Thursday, 28 November 2019

Meat and potatoes of RPG powers

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When it comes to character progression in RPGs, you generally rely on two kinds of upgrades - boosts to stats, and new powers. The first one...
Monday, 27 May 2019

Make every roll impactful

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Efficiency in a tabletop system is a nice thing to have. The more systems I try with my group , the more I'm bothered by rolls that don...
Monday, 20 May 2019

Asymmetric character complexity - cardboard cutout NPC stats

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A lot of RPGs use the same complexity when describing NPC stats as they do PC stats. It's understandable - you spend a lot of time devel...
Monday, 4 March 2019

Mechanics inform the playstyle

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My group and I tend to play a lot of different RPGs  and get exposed to a lot of different ways of handling the same design problems. How do...
Monday, 25 February 2019

Categories of XP Systems

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For some, the XP systems are the lifeblood of the campaign, the juicy reward you work for through your adventure. However, as with any syste...
Sunday, 25 February 2018

Player agency over dice randomness

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As I explained last time , I'm a mechanically-focused gamer. I enjoy engaging with various game systems to figure out in what ways they ...